DBA 15-19K Imperial/Spanish vs French

Italian Wars clash now, Imperial/Spanish vs the French. Jack would be the French, he set the terrain. A Wood & some fields which would be treated as 'Rough'. Being Cavalry mad, Jack took all the Knights for his French Army. He took a lot of Psiloi as well. For the Imperials, I went with 4 Pike elements to go with the 4 Shot selections.

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Initial set-up. The French at the top. Imperial the bottom. Jack Psiloi would hug the rough. I put out a Blade element to counter his attempt to out flank me. My horse elements would try to sweep the left flank.

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The Imperial/Spanish line up. Pike/Shot to get the extra combat bonus.

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The French, Jack would be going for a Knight steam roller on his left flank...... Jacks got too many Shot elements instead of Xbows. I let it go as we've set up now, :o)

The ground shakes to the sound of the Spanish Imperials advance!

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Jacks Psiloi leg it to the wood.....

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Aha!! My Pistols & Knights split away from the main body.
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The lines just before the clash.

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The Pistols & Knights line up to attack, but the advantage would be with the Psiloi......

I'll wait just a few more turns.

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The Artillery opens up on both sides. Good rolls for the Imperials force the French troops back.
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Success!! The Spanish Shot doubled up blasts away a French Knight element on my right...

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Vengeance.... Jacks annoyed & is itching to charge both his remaining Knights into the Landsknect Pike.

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The firepower from the Spanish Imperials is too much for the French, recoils abound from all over the battlefield.

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It's Jacks turn & his Blades look for an easy kill.
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Birds eye view. My line is solid, Jacks French are all over.

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Nice shot of the Landsknecht Artillery pounding away at French Shot.
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Another turn, in go Jacks Blades & make short work of the Landsknect Pike.

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One moment Jack has French Gendarmes happily fighting........

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.....the next they are wiped out by Landsknect Pike!! For once I have some cracking combat rolls!! Victory is near for the Spanish Imperials.

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Whoops....!!! The French flank is wide open. Jacks not a happy bunny & resorts to various taunts & insults....
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Come on.... One more kill needed, in go the Pistols & Knight..... But victory will have to wait, Jacks die is the Red one - the skull on the black die is mine & it's not a six.

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I'm not going to lose this one. I just need to get that right flank swung round....

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The Spanish Shot hurl abuse at the French Artillery!

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The French troops advance, the Imperials give ground.

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The frustration level rises... So close to victory.

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Patience pays off & a Swiss Pike element loses out to the Landsknects. Victory 4 - 2!!!

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A nice battle with obviously a good outcome for me. Far too much Psiloi for Jack & he failed too do anything with the majority of them. Horsemen, once again, always lose when fighting head on to Pike & Shot. I must remember not to charge in to Psiloi when they are in Rough, as I always lose... Very colourful, we'll definitely run a BBDBA Italian Wars Battle soon!!

BBDBA 22. French 1494-1525

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...... Oooops sorry, just finished a 7 day shift pattern.
So here we go with a long overdue post. BBDBA French for the Italian Wars.

DBA 15-19K 19.Spanish/Imperialist 1519-1559

Now for the Spanish Imperialist Army, Landsknects galore! Heavier on the Pike & Shot combinations, also with the choice of Pistols.

19 Spanish/Imperialist 1519-1559.
Enemies=11.Swiss, 1400-1522, 12.Florentine Republic 1494-1530,
13.Milanese 1495-1530, 14.Venetian 1440-1530, 22.French, 1494-1525,
23. French, 1525-1559, 50.Later Hungarian, 1245-1526, 67.Ottoman Turk 1512-1570,
71.Berber or Moorish, 1039-1700, 74.Sultanate of Adal 1450-1550.

1x3Kn, 1x2LH or 4Pi, 1x2LH or 4Pk, 1x4Pi or 4Pk, 2x4Pk, 1x3Wb/3Bd (Sword) or 4Sh, 4x4Sh/2Ps, 1xArt.

The mighty Spanish Imperialists ready to face the French or the Italians or the Turks or the....................!

All the boys together.... Pike, Shot & Artillery

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Up close to hairy Germans in bright fancy pyjamas! Landsknecht Pike, Landsknecht Blades to chop up opposition Pikes. Spanish & Landsknecht Shot.


Vexillia Ltd. Landsknecht Artillery again, super smashing lovely & a joy to paint.

The General leading forward Knights & Pistols.

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Light Horse elements, Mercenary Stradiots & Mounted Crossbows (on their backs..honest!)

DBA 1500-1900 22.French 1494-1525

At last ! We've finished our Italian Wars French & Imperials, so here we go......
Italian Wars French with ALL options, lots of XBows! It's a sunny day in the North East of England, so I took these pics outdoors, sorry very bright!!
(I'll crack this photography thing one day....!)

22 French, 1494-1525.
Enemies=11. Swiss, 12. Florentine Republic, 13. Milanese, 14. Venetian,
18. Spanish, 1485-1512, 19. Spanish/Imperialist 1519-1559, 26. Tudor English, 1489-1560.

1x3Kn, 2x3Kn or 4Pk or 4Cb or 1xArt + 1x2Ps, 2x2LH or 4Cb/4Sh/2Ps, 2x4Pk, 2x4Cb, 2x4Cb or 1x2Ps + 4Bd, 1xArt.

The French arrayed for War!

French Gendarmes. Picked these up at a Games show, they're a cracking paint job.

We had to add extra plumes to the helmets & paint the lances.

Big French Guns. These are Vexillia Ltds Landsknects Artillery that we bought a few months ago. I must say 'Top Marks' to Vexillia, cracking service, very quick through the post & pleasure to deal with. They have painted up really well. The French list allows the option for two pieces of Artillery, to match the French superiority in Artillery at this time.

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Mercenary Light Horseman.

The massed ranks of Pike, both Landsknect & Swiss. Along with lots of firepower in the shape of Crossbows & Psiloi.

Pike & Shot combination, complete with Mercenary Landsknect Blades.